Forecast Details for Orient, SD

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Current Alerts for Orient, SD: Winter Storm Watch Winter Weather Advisory

Today: Snow, possibly mixing with rain after 1pm, then gradually ending. High near 37. Northeast wind 10 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Tonight: Freezing rain likely between 2am and 4am, then freezing rain, possibly mixed with sleet. Low around 26. East northeast wind around 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible. Little or no sleet accumulation expected.

Friday: Snow, freezing rain, and sleet before 9am, then snow, possibly mixed with freezing rain between 9am and 10am, then snow after 10am. Patchy blowing snow after noon. High near 32. East northeast wind 15 to 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Friday Night: Snow. Patchy blowing snow after midnight. Low around 26. Blustery, with a north northeast wind 15 to 23 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Saturday: A chance of snow before 1pm. Areas of blowing snow before 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 36. Breezy, with a northwest wind 23 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 22. West northwest wind 11 to 15 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 43. West northwest wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. Northwest wind 10 to 13 mph.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. North northeast wind 11 to 16 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 46. Breezy.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. Breezy.

Wednesday: A slight chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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